Blood pressure and hypertension in an American colony (Puerto Rico) and on the USA mainland compared, 1886-1930

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 255-279

  Godoy, Ricardo ^a   Goodman, Elizabeth ^a   Gravlee, Clarence ^b   Levins, Richard ^c   Seyfried, Craig ^a   Caram, Mariana ^a   Jha, Naveen ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometric history; Blood pressure; Hypertension; Male living standards; Puerto Rico; Secular trends; Stress; USA

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLITICS; PUERTO RICO; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART DISEASES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; POLITICS; PUERTO RICO; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249895022     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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